The Coaster: St Just, still so remote

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The view of land from the sea is always refreshing. That which you think you know appears strange, and that which you didn’t know is pleasingly revealed.

I was reminded of this while sailing in Mount’s Bay in the Maisie Mary, a clinker-built Cornish ketch. The boat belongs to Ben Marshall, the owner of Mousehole’s Sandpiper Gallery.

With a gentle northwesterly blowing, we set sail out of Mousehole harbour and headed towards Newlyn. Landward, Penlee Quarry lay buried in shade as the sun set to the west. More clearly discernible was Mousehole cave, to which we sailed because it is